Black Oystercatcher: October 4, 2022

We passed up the Butchart Gardens to go to the Esquimalt Lagoon.  And I don't regret it.

The first new bird that jumped out at us after we parked the car was the beautiful Black Oystercatcher.  We are familiar with the American Oystercatcher but this was a new one for us.

 They were hanging out with a bunch of gulls.

And not surprisingly, when I looked at my older photos there were Black Oystercatchers seen from the ferry on the trip from the mainland.

Sometimes I just snap photos and don't take time to look through the binoculars.  Especially on a moving vessel.